Man vs. machine: AlphaGo AI program beats Lee Sedol in first game of Go duel

Man vs. machine: AlphaGo AI program beats Lee Sedol in first game of Go duel

Go champion Lee Sedol (seated at right) reviews the final moves after surrendering his first game to Google DeepMind’s AlphaGo artificial intelligence program. (Credit: Google DeepMind via YouTube) Google DeepMind’s AlphaGo artificial intelligence program won the first of five Go games in a milestone million-dollar match against South Korean champion Lee Sedol today – marking another milestone for machine learning.“I am in shock. … But I am looking forward to tomorrow,” Sedol was quoted as saying afterward. AlphaGo notched its first victories against a professional Go player in October when it beat European champion Fan Hui, five games out of five. But experts in the centuries-old game thought the AI program would have a harder time with Sedol, who is more highly ranked on the Go circuit. Sedol ran out…